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Bulgaria’s PM on Covid-19: No closing of businesses, no travel restrictions

July 14, 2022July 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s government does not intend ordering businesses to close, restoring the requirement for Covid certificate or imposing travel restrictions, outgoing

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Poll: 88% of Bulgarians see corruption as widespread

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Eighty-eight per cent of Bulgarians think that corruption in the country is widespread, according to a special Eurobarometer poll, the

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Bulgaria 

UNHCR, Unicef open ‘Blue Dot’ support centre for Ukrainian refugees in Bulgaria’s Varna

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine, Varna

The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Bulgaria, in partnership with

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament ratifies Nato accession protocols of Sweden and Finland

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Ukraine

By 195 votes to 11, Bulgaria’s Parliament ratified on July 13 the second reading of the Nato accession protocols of

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Bulgaria’s exports in first five months of 2022 up 38.8% y/y

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

In January – May 2022, the total value of all goods exported from Bulgaria amounted to just more than 37

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Business 

Bulgaria utilities regulator raises gas prices by 31.7% for July 2022

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator has approved a 31.7 per cent increase in gas prices in the country for the month of

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Bulgaria 

Close to half of the districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 yellow zones

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Thirteen out of 28 districts in Bulgaria are classified as Covid-19 yellow zones, according to the figures in the July

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Bulgarian President: ‘Most expedient’ to hold elections at beginning of October

July 12, 2022July 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

If the next attempts at forming a government within the current Parliament prove fruitless, it would be most expedient to

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Bulgaria 

Poll: Bulgarians top in EU in saying they are exposed to disinformation, fake news

July 12, 2022July 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Among the 27 European Union countries, Bulgarians have the highest percentage who say that they had often been exposed to

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